Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 95 priced lines covering 6,492 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,430 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 561 head. replacement cattle receipts at 4 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 26, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,430Last week 8,097Year ago 8,278

Slaughter CattleReceipts 561Last week 557Year ago 377

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 36Year ago 4

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. In the hay market, This past week hay movement was steady while demand remained very light with very little change in activity from the previous week. Prices have continued to soften as producers are trying to get rid of last years hay and make room for the new crop. Scattered rainstorms throughout the eastern part of the state caused some delays in putting up hay. Statewide topsoil moisture rated by percent short to very short is as follows: Kansas 52%, Nebraska 43%, South Dakota 37%, North Dakota 17%, Montana 82%, Wyoming 73%, and Colorado 52%, as per the USDA on August 25.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	380.00–382.50	380.41
20	450–500	458	277.50–334.00	311.43
30	500–550	520	285.00–329.00	313.83
49	550–600	562	300.00–321.00	314.92
34	600–650	627	279.00–290.00	286.17
111	650–700	678	258.00–275.00	268.33
241	700–750	732	256.00–270.00	265.06
243	750–800	775	239.00–268.00	254.50
420	800–850	828	241.00–252.25	246.86
503	850–900	865	233.00–246.50	240.49
350	900–950	926	226.50–239.50	235.91
402	950–1000	979	216.50–231.00	222.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	454	336.00	336.00
11	600–650	624	294.00	294.00
7	650–700	655	292.00	292.00
124	800–850	831	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	800–850	830	237.00	237.00
16	850–900	894	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	317.00	317.00
8	500–550	542	314.00	314.00
5	550–600	573	290.00	290.00
5	600–650	642	269.00	269.00
8	650–700	680	254.00	254.00
16	750–800	757	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	312.50	312.50
4	400–450	403	305.00	305.00
5	450–500	482	315.00	315.00
24	550–600	570	249.00–289.00	269.79
10	600–650	643	259.00–265.00	261.78
26	650–700	684	241.00–257.00	247.19
3	700–750	708	251.00	251.00
27	750–800	776	242.00–248.00	245.41
141	800–850	839	227.50–236.50	234.44
175	850–900	870	230.00–231.00	230.37
4	950–1000	998	210.50	210.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	800–850	833	254.00	254.00
118	900–950	908	241.00	241.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	950–1000	997	219.00–220.00	219.37
103	1050–1100	1,073	215.85–216.25	216.01
83	1100–1150	1,119	215.75–216.00	215.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	375	300.00–350.00	315.50
12	400–450	429	305.00–315.00	313.34
23	450–500	459	296.00–306.00	300.26
22	500–550	538	277.50–292.00	288.88
37	550–600	578	241.00–285.00	270.29
90	600–650	638	250.00–269.00	261.82
31	650–700	674	248.00–257.00	251.64
112	700–750	717	238.50–242.00	240.04
287	750–800	778	222.00–235.00	232.74
622	800–850	838	220.00–230.50	227.19
277	850–900	876	214.75–227.00	220.45
232	900–950	913	202.00–222.50	217.98
51	950–1000	974	218.50	218.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	950–1000	952	218.00	218.00
12	1000–1050	1,022	194.00–216.00	201.29
3	1100–1150	1,101	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	535	282.00	282.00
3	550–600	568	270.00	270.00
14	600–650	638	255.00–257.00	255.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	750–800	778	236.00	236.00
114	800–850	821	228.00–233.50	230.86
105	850–900	881	230.00–231.25	230.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	719	268.75	268.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	617	274.00	274.00
11	650–700	682	266.00	266.00
6	850–900	870	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	896	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	413	245.00–285.00	274.16
20	450–500	471	272.00–291.00	282.11
4	500–550	536	272.00	272.00
7	550–600	592	258.00	258.00
43	650–700	688	221.00–242.00	240.97
123	750–800	796	216.00–226.50	224.41
7	800–850	830	219.00	219.00
13	850–900	887	194.00–214.00	209.05
12	900–950	918	195.00–208.00	201.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	427	302.50–326.00	320.31
2	450–500	465	293.00	293.00
8	500–550	536	282.50	282.50
13	650–700	697	238.00	238.00
15	850–900	877	223.00	223.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,147	178.00–201.00	184.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,250.00	2,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,004	90.00	90.00
27	—	1,143	112.00–123.00	120.22
24	—	1,104	97.50–107.50	105.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,200	144.00	144.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,186	150.00–151.00	150.51
179	—	1,227	113.00–143.00	132.47
26	—	1,131	125.50–127.50	126.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	1,274	124.00–144.50	129.24
17	—	1,478	135.00–138.00	135.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,781	135.00–147.00	143.02
7	—	1,808	161.00–170.00	164.40
32	—	1,772	147.00–163.00	155.12

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Kansas barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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